George Tenet tries to defend himself

In an interview to be broadcast on CBS' 60 Minutes this weekend, George Tenet claims that the Bush administration has misused his "slam dunk" phrase. Instead of referring to the fact that Saddam was pursuing WMD's, Tenet claims to have said it in reference to the kind of evidence that should be used when making the public case for war.

Tenet is desperately trying to regain some credibility here, even defending his use of torture to extract information from "suspected" terrorists.

Only time (and some sunlight into this enclosed, secretive neo-con government) will tell how accurate Tenet's comments are.